Stuff On My Cat: The Book

It began with a handful of digital photographs of office supplies, toys, and spare computer parts thoughtfully placed on Mario Garza's snoozing cat, Love. Over time, the objects became bigger: remote controls, shoes, empty pizza boxes. And then cat owners everywhere were sucked into the Internet phenomenon that is defined by a simple motto: stuff + cats = awesome. From StuIt began with a handful of digital photographs of office supplies, toys, and spare computer parts thoughtfully placed on Mario Garza's snoozing cat, Love. Over time, the objects became bigger: remote controls, shoes, empty pizza boxes. And then cat owners everywhere were sucked into the Internet phenomenon that is defined by a simple motto: stuff + cats = awesome. From Stuffonmycat.com (the amazingly popular website that redefines hilarious and that was named one of the coolest sites of the year by Yahoo! And GQ magazine) comes Stuff On My Cat: The Book. Culled from the thousands of outrageous photographs submitted by mischievous animal lovers, here are 200 of the most unbelievably entertaining images of cats with all manner of things on them: wigs, Easter eggs, dogs, cheeseburgers, cookware, gummi bears, action figures, tiaras, beer cans, pinecones, a statue of the Buddha, and much more. An introduction by the site's creator explains the Stuff on My Cat philosophy, and playful illustrations and graphics are sprinkled throughout. Just try to keep a straight face....more

Paperback, 160 pages

Published
September 7th 2006
by Chronicle Books
(first published August 24th 2006)

Community Reviews

Another bizarre cat book on the desk my co-worker/friend Susan share. This ones adorably simple. Cats dressed up in bizarre costumes, cats with stuff on their heads and bodies, cats posing in all sorts of ways. As you can imagine, some look pretty peeved, others peaceful, and most blissfully unaware of their owners morbid humors as they do what cats do best - sleep! And yes, now I am tempted to just put random stuff on my cats.

I'm at work trying to go about my day - doing the important things that need to be done. Educating the kids, entering the data, conferring with the colleagues, phoning the phonies and i see this book on Sarah's desk and i have to stop and i have to look and what i find is that this book indeed lives up to it's title. what I can say about this book is that:1. there are way more photos in the world of cat's with stuff on them then i ever would have guessed2. sometimes the cat's don't have stuff onI'm at work trying to go about my day - doing the important things that need to be done. Educating the kids, entering the data, conferring with the colleagues, phoning the phonies and i see this book on Sarah's desk and i have to stop and i have to look and what i find is that this book indeed lives up to it's title. what I can say about this book is that:1. there are way more photos in the world of cat's with stuff on them then i ever would have guessed2. sometimes the cat's don't have stuff on them, sometimes the cats are the ones on or in the stuff3. Americans have way, way, way too much time on their hands (myself included)...more

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People who need to be entertained while they're having a poo!

This book served as a real inspiration, now I'M putting stuff on my cat... sometimes I put things on my chihuahua too!*

Stuff on my Cat really is great. It sits in my downstairs loo next to Uncle John's Bathroom Reader - these books keep my husband entertained, and otherwise engaged (in the loo) for hours on end. Thank you Stuff on my Cat, esp. for the one with the kitty with the Gene Wilder signed photo on it's head. Geeeenius!

* 'Things on my Chihuahua' wasn't picked up by any major publishingThis book served as a real inspiration, now I'M putting stuff on my cat... sometimes I put things on my chihuahua too!*

Stuff on my Cat really is great. It sits in my downstairs loo next to Uncle John's Bathroom Reader - these books keep my husband entertained, and otherwise engaged (in the loo) for hours on end. Thank you Stuff on my Cat, esp. for the one with the kitty with the Gene Wilder signed photo on it's head. Geeeenius!

* 'Things on my Chihuahua' wasn't picked up by any major publishing houses....more

I have to be honest here: I really don't like books made out of websites. They tend to be lazy, basically just the stuff you can read online, for free, in a book that you pay for. This book is no different. The website "Stuff on My Cat" is people sending in pictures of stuff on my cat; Here, in this book, is a bunch of those pictures. So if you want to see pictures of stuff on people's cats, go to the website. If you want to spend $9.95 for a book full of them, well, I don't know what to say. EvI have to be honest here: I really don't like books made out of websites. They tend to be lazy, basically just the stuff you can read online, for free, in a book that you pay for. This book is no different. The website "Stuff on My Cat" is people sending in pictures of stuff on my cat; Here, in this book, is a bunch of those pictures. So if you want to see pictures of stuff on people's cats, go to the website. If you want to spend $9.95 for a book full of them, well, I don't know what to say. Even though this book neatly summarizes everything I dislike about this genre, the title is very honest, so I'm adding a star....more

Stuff on My Cat was cute and mildly entertaining. It had pictures of stuff on cats, and cats in stuff (costumes, clothes, boxes, etc.). Some were funny and cute, other's were kind of just okay, and still others had me asking how did they do that? It was a good book to page through, but not one of my favorites.

The name says it all. Mario Garza has put together a book of photos of…stuff on cats. Whipped cream, boas, legos, pillows, babies–you name it. Great fun for you and your cat! Check out the book and the website to see how you can submit a photo of your favorite feline decked out in his favorite accessory. Just be nice! --Larry

Such a random pick-up from the library while trying to find other books, but it is so cute and funny. Quick read. All pics. Gotta love seeing photos of felines with stuff on them. Some of them are impressive like a whole plate full of food on a cat or a Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon ship on a cat's belly. Even putting cats on top of cats takes some art. Cute book.

Weird and funny, like the Bad... series (Bad Cat, Bad Dog, Bad Baby, Bad President). The author is lucky his cat doesn't do the same to him - a cat with a hairball, an attitude, and a camera could wreak havoc.

I like to take a lot of photos of my own cats wearing silly items, so this book did make me chuckle a few times. Don't go into the book thinking that the photos are all going to be clear or well-composed, however. :)

Years ago I stacked pennies on Snootch's head while she just sat there and submitted to my silliness (sorry Sue!)If I had only known this kind of activity would be immortalized into a book I would have taken a picture.